Re: 7 dead in Drive by shooting in CA seems one English kid who could not handle it.
Originally Posted by Boiler
(Post 11275561)
Take all the knives away.
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Re: 7 dead in Drive by shooting in CA seems one English kid who could not handle it.
Or better misuse.
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Re: 7 dead in Drive by shooting in CA seems one English kid who could not handle it.
Originally Posted by thinbrit
(Post 11275622)
Just pass a law that outlaws their use.
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Re: 7 dead in Drive by shooting in CA seems one English kid who could not handle it.
Originally Posted by SalopianFunk
(Post 11275541)
It's really disappointing that some sources are pointing towards such things as autism as the root, as opposed to the larger cultural institution of male aggression to women they feel have wronged them just by saying no, or rather just by not saying yes. I mean I still refuse for it to be just as black and white as that, but it's still reflective of what I believe is a reversible social or cultural practice.
The only thing we know about human nature is that violence begets violence. |
Re: 7 dead in Drive by shooting in CA seems one English kid who could not handle it.
Originally Posted by thinbrit
(Post 11275496)
So, you are a gun advocate then :rofl:
Although every time it happens, it is a major news story but even in a bad year, less than 100 people are killed. I suspect the reason that it gets so much attention is that a suburban white kid is not supposed kill other suburban white kids. I'm more concerned about guns in inner cities where most of the violence happens but gun control and enforcement can make a significant difference such as New York City where murders have declined by about 70% over the past 40 years. |
Re: 7 dead in Drive by shooting in CA seems one English kid who could not handle it.
Originally Posted by dunroving
(Post 11275025)
Bingo. Look at how GSK hid their research showing the drastic side-effects of Xanax a decade or two ago. And sit through the second half of any breezy advert for drugs like "Abilify", in which they go through a long list of side effects that add up to "a dozen times worse than before you started taking the drug"
Originally Posted by Sally Redux
(Post 11275261)
Xanax is definitely a wild card one.
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/l...524-story.html Guns were not the whole story, true, but I still feel that someone easily being able to purchase 3 handguns is not healthy. We may speculate that his fantasies of retribution were more likely to be fuelled by the guns. [Also, I corrected my OP - I meant to say GSK) I think there are a heck of a lot of drugs we pump into ourselves (collectively, I mean, as a society) that do us more harm than good. And the drug company research is not independent enough. |
Re: 7 dead in Drive by shooting in CA seems one English kid who could not handle it.
Originally Posted by dunroving
(Post 11276427)
I missed this - not sure what you mean by "a wild card one" ...?
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Re: 7 dead in Drive by shooting in CA seems one English kid who could not handle it.
i was driving and somebody on the Radio suggested that if Bloomberg etc had put their money behind Mental Health care then we would all be better off.
Trouble is that Politicians especially like quick simple and cheap solutions when for many situations none of the above apply. |
Re: 7 dead in Drive by shooting in CA seems one English kid who could not handle it.
I would like to see these types of killing sprees get less attention. While I do understand that the perpetrators of a lot of these crimes have mental health issues, there is an element of wanting the notariety that goes along with them. Last night on the 6:00 news we were treated to this young man's YouTube video. I don't think we should make killers famous.
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Re: 7 dead in Drive by shooting in CA seems one English kid who could not handle it.
Originally Posted by Dorothy
(Post 11277090)
I would like to see these types of killing sprees get less attention. While I do understand that the perpetrators of a lot of these crimes have mental health issues, there is an element of wanting the notariety that goes along with them. Last night on the 6:00 news we were treated to this young man's YouTube video. I don't think we should make killers famous.
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Re: 7 dead in Drive by shooting in CA seems one English kid who could not handle it.
Originally Posted by Dorothy
(Post 11277090)
I would like to see these types of killing sprees get less attention. While I do understand that the perpetrators of a lot of these crimes have mental health issues, there is an element of wanting the notariety that goes along with them. Last night on the 6:00 news we were treated to this young man's YouTube video. I don't think we should make killers famous.
This case, I blame on social media and internet special interest forums that give people with an ax to grind an audience and a delusion of acceptability. Radical and criminal ideas can be reinforced by online peers. |
Re: 7 dead in Drive by shooting in CA seems one English kid who could not handle it.
I know - let's not hand out guns like penny sweets!
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Re: 7 dead in Drive by shooting in CA seems one English kid who could not handle it.
Depends on what you mean by sane, we all have our foibles, some are more from what might be considered the norm than others.
Everything I have read suggests he was further from the norm than most. Why that was I am going to assume many will be speculating, nobody will know as will nobody know whether it could be treated. I assume by treated you mean being brought back nearer the norm. TV, the Internet etc are relatively new, these sort of behaviours are not. Nor are peoples interest in them. |
Re: 7 dead in Drive by shooting in CA seems one English kid who could not handle it.
Originally Posted by Boiler
(Post 11277526)
TV, the Internet etc are relatively new, these sort of behaviours are not. As for was he sane, looking at his video, he looks pretty same to me. There is a sort of vamping it up, overlay of irony that makes him not look mad. I could be misreading that, though. |
Re: 7 dead in Drive by shooting in CA seems one English kid who could not handle it.
Excessive sense of entitlement is not new, I can think of many examples both historical and literary, Pride and Prejudice was on the TV, that is full of it.
Basically we are talking about pograms which are as old as human history. It is certainly easier for minorities to contact each other now than in the past, whatever their particular interest is, BE for example. I was more focused on his actions than his presentation. |
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